94-29227. First Image Management Company, Houston, Texas; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-30,196]


First Image Management Company, Houston, Texas; Notice of 
Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By an application dated October 2, 1994, one of the petitioners 
requested administrative reconsideration of the subject petition for 
trade adjustment assistance, TAA. The denial notice will soon be 
published in the Federal Register.
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    Investigation findings show that the workers produce microfilm.
    Although the Department's denial was erroneously based on the fact 
that the workers did not produce an article, the workers still do not 
meet the ``contributed importantly'' test of the worker group 
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.
    The ``contributed importantly'' test is generally demonstrated 
through a survey of the firm's major customers. The Department's survey 
of the subject firm major declining customers shows that none of the 
respondents imported microfilming services.
    Technological unemployment as in the rapid development of PCs and 
new disk technology for storing data would not provide a basis for a 
worker group certification.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of November 1994.
Victor J. Trunzo,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 94-29227 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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